quirky travel
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6PR Perth is a commercial talkback radio station and I’m regularly invited to share my domestic and international travel experiences, including recent reviews of TransNusa Airlines and European entry requirements and descriptions of weekend escapes to remote towns across Western Australia. Also, I’ve been presenting a music show, theming discussions from songs about animals, songs…
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With Prue on ABC Victoria Statewide we had a wonderful discussion about park benches with lots of listeners calling in to tell us why they love park benches on our travels. I love picking apart my travels and finding within my travel experiences the things I do at home and away. Exploring a General Store,…
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Talking with Fred on The Couch about sports tourism was fascinating to explore the global size and rise of sports tourism and consider how often people travel for sport, where to see a favourite sport or tour an iconic ground. South Fremantle Bulldogs in the change rooms after a big win
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Talking Travel on 6PR with Burgo (audio at the end) spends a fair share of time overseas but came home this week to visit the things we’ve made that we can travel to. Man-made attractions play a really important part in tourism, they represent heritage, engineering and sometimes are just there for fun. We had…
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On 6PR with Fred we listed a few of our favourite travel firsts. First flights. First time overseas. First family holiday. Enjoy the discussion in the audio file below. Let me know what your favourite travel first is. I was in South Australia recently and my son Tom, who has travelled the world, was amazed…
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On 6PR Weekend Wrap Up, I found myself sharing the airwaves with John Burgess, an icon of Australian television and radio. A tv game show host legend and a radio dj when dj’s were gods of the airwaves. It was very cool to laugh our way through stories about sports tourism. From callers with tales…
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I’ve had a spectacular summer presenting a travel show each Saturday afternoon as part of the Saturday Catch Up. We explored so many topics from adventures in the air, staycations here at home, roadtrips, ferry’s around the world, train travel around the world, festivals a whole lot more. Ever wondered what I sound like? Have…
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On ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast we found mural trails in Kuching and Milan and in ever increasing numbers here in Perth and our regional communities. Where’s your favourite mural? Where’s your worst? Enjoy listening to our discussion below and then find a way to find a mural next weekend, and then walk to another one,…
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On the Weekend Explorer for ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast, I recently explored space and rediscovered my memories of Skylab and discovered observatories, big dishes, astrotourism towns, astronauts in Carnarvon, emus in the sky and starlapse wonder by local photographer, Dan Paris. Listen to the link below to learn more about Astrotourism and some really good…
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One of our best ever Hidden Treasures stories of all time! With special guest star, global writing superstar Molly Schmidt, we explored local books and the use of local locations and how they inspire our travels. Listen to our chat below and learn not just what our favourite Western Australian books are but how important…
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